Self-clamping and self-adjusting window shade and curtain-rod holder



Dec. 8, 1925- 1.565.123

v. E. TRAGER SELF CLAMPING AND SELF ADJUSTING WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN ROD HOLDER Filed Nov. 24, 1923 -fig UTE STATES Patented 9235.

VICTOR E. TRAGER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO FRANK P. HUBER, OF NEVT ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

SELF-CLAMJPING AND SELF-ADJUSTING WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN-ROD HOLDER.

Application filed November 24, 1923.

To all w/zom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Vro'roR E. Tnncnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Clamping and Self-Adjusting WVindow Shade and Curtain-Rod Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade and ourtain holders and pertains more particularly to a self clamping and self adjusting window shade and curtain rod holder.

The primary object of this invention is the provision in the manner as hereinafter set forth, of a self clamping and self adjust ing shade and curtain rod holder, so designed as to eliminate the necessity of using fastenings which might mutilate or otherwise mar the frame to which the device is applied, at the same time providing a holder which is steady and strong.

A further object of the invention is the provision in a manner as hereinafter set forth, of a shade and curtain rod holder having inherent means whereby the device is retained in position without the use of nails or screws, or other means which might mar the trimming to which it is applied.

A still further object of the device is the provision in a manner as hereinafter set forth, of a shade and curtain rod holder, having means whereby a plurality of hangings may be suspended before the window to which the device is applied, the means suspending the hangings being so nested as to support the hangings one Within the other.

A still further object of the invention is the provision in a manner as hereinafter set forth, of a window shade and curtain rod holder so constructed that shades of various widths may be applied thereto, means being carried by the device which i may be shifted to receive shade rollers of different lengths, without changing the position of the device as a whole.

The final object of the invention is the provision in a manner as hereinafter set forth, of a self clamping and self adjusting window shade and curtain rod holder, having the above described features and further having the parts so constructed and arranged as to present a neat and artistic appearance, strong, light in weight, of simedge of each of the plates.

Serial No. 676,774.

to manufacture.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the understand ing that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showings of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same, parts being broken away to show the manner in which the shade pole bracket is carried by the device.

Fig. 4: is an elevation of the end of the device opposite to that end shown in Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts thruout the several views of the drawings, there is shown a pair of vertically positioned rectangular plates 1 and 2, each of these plates having extending rearwardly from its top edge, a flange 8 and 4t, and a vertically positioned rearwardly extending flange 5 and 6 at the outer Each of these plates is adapted to engage the upper part of a window frame at its corner, the rear of each of the plates resting against the surface of the frame, and each of the flanges 3 and 4 resting upon the top edge of the window frame, and the flanges 5 and 6 abutting the side edges of the window frame.

Secured to and projecting forwardly of the surface of each of the plates 1 and 2, are a series of stud members 7, each series of studs upon each plate being arranged in an oblique row across the face of the plate from a point near the upper end and the outer side, and extending downwardly and inwardly as clearly shown in Fig, l of the drawings.

larried by each of the stud members, is a tubular member 8, one end of each of the tubular members being curved inwardly at right angles to the body of the member as at 9, and the open tubular end thereof slipped over a stud. As clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, one of these tubular members 8 is of smaller diameter than the other, and the tube of smaller diameter is adapted to telescope into the tube of larger diameter to provide a complete curtain rod 9, capable, because of the telescoping action of the tubes, of varying adjustments according to the width of the window frame to which the device is applied. The manner in which the studs 7 are arranged causes the curtain rods 9 to be in a partially nested condition as is clearly shown in the-front elevation of Figure 1.

Positioned centrally of each plate and secured to the face thereof is an angle bracket 10, one'of the legs of each bracket being secured to the face of the plate by rivets 11, and the other leg of the angle member extending forwardly at right angles to the face of the plate. Each of the forwardly ex tending portions of each of these angles 10, has a passage thru the central portion thereof, and the angle further has secured to the inner face thereof the tubular member 12. Each of these tubular vmembers is secured to its respective angle by means of tongues 13 which are formed on the end of the tube and pass thru passages in the forwardly extending arm of the angle and clinched by turning downwardly upon the outer face of the angle as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. As in the construction of the curtain rods 9, one of these tubular members is made of a larger diameter than the other so that they might telescope one within the other, thus forming a telescoping tubular housing 14 for the purpose to be presently described.

Positioned interiorly of the tubular housing 1% is a helical spring 15 having its ends 16 passed thru the centrally located apertures in the outstanding legs of the angle brackets 10 and secured thereto by looping the ends 16 as at 17, to prevent the end from being drawn back thru the passage. This spring normally tends to d aw the angle brackets and consequently the plates to which they are attached, toward one another, the telescoping action of the tube and the curtain rods allowing for this action. When the device is applied to a window frame, the plates 1 and 2 are drawn apart against the tension of the spring 15, and when the plates are positioned upon the corners of the window frame with the flanges engaging the top and sideedges thereof, the .tension of the spring is such as to draw the plates inwardly and tightly hold the flanges in engagement with the edges of the window frame, thus securely holding the device in position.

At the lower portion of each plate beneath the bracket members 10 are a pair of parallel slots 18, each pair of slots having positioned transversely of their outer ends a stationary bracket member 19, which bracket member 19 has its rear end passed thru a slot in the plates and is wedged over as at 20 to secure it in position. Each of these bracket members 19 have an aperture 21 therethru near the outer end thereof.

Positioned upon the inner side of each of the bracket members 19 is a shiftable bracket 22, having legs 23 each of which passes thruone of the slots 18 and is secured to a sliding plate member 2a positioned in back of the plate 22 and extending transversely of the slots 1.8. The shiftable brackets 22 have secured thereto a rod 25, which rod extends parallel to the slots. and between the stationary and the shiftable bracle et, and further extends thru the aperture 21 in the stationary bracket. Surround ing each of these rods is. a helical sprin 26, which spring has its ends bearing against the opposed faces of the stationary and the shiftable bracket, and normally tends to force the shiftable brackets 22 away from the stationary bracket 19, the rod 25 carried by the shiftable brackets acting as a support for the spring, and further acting as a guide for the shiftable brackets. Upon the inner side of each of the shiftable brackets 22, there is formed a lug 27, one of which lugs is provided with a central aperture to receive the pivot pin of the shade roller 28,

and theother lug slotted to receive the spring winding finger at the other end of the shade roller.

From the foregoing construction, it may be seen that a self clamping and self adjusting window shade and curtain rod holder is provided which may be easy and quickly applied to a window frame without the use of nails or screws and without danger of marring the woodwork in anyway.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is A device of the character described, comprising a pair of plates, each having an in bent top and side edge meeting each other at adjacent ends to engage about the top and side edges of a window frame at its corner, angle bracket-s secured to said plate incdially of the same, tubular telescopically en gagcd housings, fixed to the bracket, a coiled retractile spring passed thru the housings and having its ends looped thru the brackets, and extensible shade and curtain hoidin g devices associated with the plate.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

VICTOR E. TRAGER. 

